Hicks Holdings was formed in January 2005 as a family office owning and operating the Hicks Family’s sports, real estate and other assets and investments. Hicks Holdings currently consists of four principal business units:
HSG, including Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers; the National Hockey League's Dallas Stars; a 50 percent ownership interest in the American Airlines Center, in Dallas; a 50 percent ownership interest in Liverpool Football Club of the English Premier League; and Hicks Sports Marketing Group.
Hicks Equity Partners, which currently has ownership stakes in four companies: Anvita Health, an emerging leader in clinical decision support systems; Latrobe Specialty Steel Company, a leading producer and distributor of specialty steels and alloys; DirecPath, a company jointly formed by Hicks Holdings and DIRECTV in May 2006 to provide bundled DIRECTV programming, broadband voice and data services, security and other locally based services to multiple-dwelling-unit residences (MDUs) across the United States; and Ocular LCD, Inc., a leading designer, manufacturer and marketer of high-performance liquid crystal displays, modules and systems.
Hicks Real Estate Holdings, consisting of real estate assets in sports venue developments including Glorypark, a $1 billion retail, residential, office and hotel development adjacent to Rangers Ballpark in Arlington and the new Dallas Cowboys football stadium; Champions Park, an office and hotel development adjacent to the Dallas Stars practice facility and the Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas; a hotel development joint venture with Gatehouse Capital Corporation; and other real estate development projects.
Hicks Trans American Partners, pursues corporate acquisitions and real estate development in Latin America, currently including Grupo Pilar, a leading animal and pet food company; and a Jack Nicklaus golf course, residential and hotel development project in Bariloche, Argentina.